A's rally possum steals spotlight

There was the A's bullpen, the one-game lead they held onto in the AL West, and there was, of course, Derek Norris' heroic bases-loaded hit with two outs in the 10th inning that delivered the 3-2 triumph.

But the chatter that reverberated a day later, from coast to coast -- in living rooms, offices and warehouses alike -- was for a possum that briefly wandered into left field along the warning track in the bottom of the 10th.